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ACADEMIC/BEHAVIOR
DEFICITS
Below are listed some behavioral manifestations of what might be
"disorders" in the basic psychological processes.
1. ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS
a. Difficulty adjusting
to routine of classroom and school, absent often.
b. Cannot organize materials,
belongings, loses items.
c. Disorganized work style;
erratic, inexact work, messy paper work.
d. Needs continual direction,
reminders, and guidance in order to complete work
e. Daydreams,
stares.
f. Cannot shift easily from one
activity to another, mind on previous activity lesson.
2. ATTENTION SKILLS
a. Distractible -
attention paid to everything, both essential and nonessential,
fiddles with pencil, paper, desk.
b. Hyperactive - seems unable to
stay still; constant activity: moves legs, chair, table, walks
around room.
c. Impulsive - apparent
inability to delay or control impulses (i.e. responds without
thinking, doesn't wait for directions to be given,
etc.)
d. Daydreams, loses track of
what is going on, is in own world, etc.
3. AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL SKILLS
a. Poor recall of what has been
heard in past (simple words, ideas, etc.)
b. Inability to follow simple oral
directions and assignments.
c. Uses sight-word approach to recall
words but cannot attack words phonetically
d. Cannot associate sounds with their
symbols.
e. Does not discriminate differences
between similar sounds.
f. Answers not suitable for questions
asked, takes forever to answer.
4. VISUAL PERCEPTUAL SKILLS
a. Poor recall of what has been
seen in recent past (sight words, numerals, pictures,
etc.)
b. Does not discriminate differences in
size, shape, color, perspective.
c. Can attack words phonetically but not
with sight-word approach.
d. Difficulty in cutting, pasting,
drawing, coloring.
e. Difficulty reproducing letters, words,
designs, many erasures.
f. Loses place frequently in copying or
reading, needs extra time.
5. LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
a. Does not tell a comprehensible
story, hesitates, repeats, stutters.
b. Speaks in incomplete sentences, makes
many grammatical errors.
c. Unable to relate ideas in a logical
sequence.
d. Fails to grasp simple words meanings,
misunderstands words at grade level, cannot recall story
plot.
e. Uses immature vocabulary.
6. MOTOR CO-ORDINATION
a. Trips and falls frequently;
bumps into things, unsteady awkward gait.
b. Poor handwriting, letter
irregularities, reversals.
c. Limited manual dexterity for his/her
stage of development, cannot tie shoes.
d. Difficulty competing with peers in
sports and games because of limited agility.
e. Prefers not to participate, wants to
change the rules, cries easily.
7. ORIENTATION
a. Lacks grasp of meaning of
time; always late or confused.
b. Judgment of relationships is poor for
age (i.e. big-little, far-close, easy-hard).
c. Confused about directions (Left-right,
north-south, up-down, etc.).
d. Unable to navigate around familiar
spaces (school playground)
e. Negative reaction to
change.
e. "Absent-minded". Often forgets
important events.
8. PEER RELATIONSHIPS
a. Is generally rejected by other
children, has no friends.
b. Always teases or bullies other
children.
c. Is always being "picked on" by
peers.
d. Usually disregards feelings of
others.
e. Does not cooperate, share, or get along
with other children.
f. Prefers to associate with younger
children.
g. Denies mistakes and blames
others.
9. SELF-CONCEPT
a. Appears insecure or unwilling
to participate in new or difficult situations.
b. Excessively shy or
withdrawn.
c. Does not accept responsibility for own
behavior.
d. Never assumes leadership or initiates
group/class activities.
e. Easily discouraged by demands of
classroom activities; gives up easily, submissive attitude toward
authority.
f. Compares self to other students in
negative terms.
10. EMOTIONAL STABILITY
a. Excessive anger, destructive
or aggression.
b. Mood changes quickly and drastically,
excitable, impulsive.
c. Constantly disrupts classroom - i.e.
tantrums, unnecessary disturbing noises; always demands to be
center of attention.
d. Generally very tense and nervous,
worrier, overly sensitive to criticism.
e. Typically depressed and sad, withdrawn,
never smiles.
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